Winter has officially arrived

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been ecstatic the past few months that our winter has been so calm. Driving in this weather is a terrifying experience when you own a piece of crap little Mustang that slides all over the place.

Unfortunately, the calm before the storm (quite literally) has passed.

Schools are already closing early and canceling after school activities this afternoon. They will most likely cancel school tomorrow as well, or at least delay for a few hours.

These are the days when I miss being in high school.

There have also been a few accidents reported throughout the day, so check the Traffic Cam before heading home today.

We can all expect about 8 inches to accumulate overnight tonight and another 4 to 8 Thursday night into Friday morning. Commutes with be thoroughly unpleasant for the next few days. Be prepared.

Is anyone out there excited for the snow? Or do we all share my abhorred sentiment?

has anyone clicked on the timesunion forecast? it says that we may receive about an inch of snow from this storm. i don’t know who you guys are paying for the weather forecasts, but you might want to consider sending them to the unemployment line.

yo-yo: One recent prediction was 2-10 inches of snow. It is laughable!
Weather Guys: Say what you mean, mean what you say; even if it means you say “We don’t know”. While we rely on your forecast,we can easily understand if you all say: Hey, if the storms zigs- we will get (result)….and if it zags- we get the other result. Then all that is left is your telling us where the storm is zigging or zagging! The local radar should be able to deliver a radius picture of where the storms are located. What kind of equipment do you have to buy to gather this high tech weather tracking and prediction information? Is the manual to the equipment written in a foreign language? We are the Albany NanomicroknowledgeKings!
What does the farmer’s almanac say? Is the accuracy better? How bet this solution… have people posted around our area, then, call them 1/2 hour before broadcast and ask- what’s doing in your neck o’ the woods?
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#5 I agree with you . I am here on the hill in Troy and just removed over 12 inches of heavy wet snow That is since 5 pm Wed. when I took away about 4 inches). I can’t imagine how deep it would have been it it was drier and the now fluffier.

Here’s an idea weathermen/women- instead of chasing tornadoes and hurricanes all over the world how about getting better at telling us the weather HERE! Tuesday morning it appeared we were going to get ~4-6 inches of snow “in the valleys” and now all the reports tell us (after a day of snow) we are getting 10-20 inches from this first storm. If 6 equals 10-20, I need to go back to 2nd grade. And don’t worry, people hate you anyway so don’t be afraid to break the bad news of 2-3 feet when this happens since you all knew it last week but didn’t want people bitching at you when they see you in the grocery store! (End of rant)

It’s the same thing in the summer with these clowns, they know a particular weekend is going to be a washout, yet they sugar coat it all week by telling us they will “massage” the numbers and come up with a forecast. Massage the numbers? What the hell does THAT mean? Then you make plans a few days ahead for outdoor activities because these dopes don’t want slurpees tossed at them (see Nicolas Cage in the Weatherman)! Just tell people what your computer models are saying on Monday you fools, the computers are almost ALWAYS right!

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